Auxiliary stove-lid



E. S. GREEN.

AUXILIARY STOVE LID.

APPLICATION FILED on. 24. 1919.

1,326,048. Patented Dec. 23,1919.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 23, 1919.

Application fileclOctober 24, 1918. Serial No. 259,508.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELLA STOUT GREEN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Trenton, in the county of Mercer and State of NewJersey, have invented a new and Improved Auxiliary Stove-Lid, of whichthe following is a description.

My invention relates to an attachmentfor cook stoves and moreparticularly relatesto an elongated lid adapted to be temporarily placedon the stove over the fire box, that is to say to cover the largeopening which usually is covered in a cookstove by two round stove lidsand an intermediate center piece or cross plate supporting the adjacentsides of the two round lids. Frequently the fire in the stove will befound to be located wholly or at least its hottest portion at differentparts of the fire box, that is to say the hot area in the fire box maybe approximately at the center or adjacent to either end of the firebox.

The prime object of my invention is to i provide an auxiliary stove lidto cover the fire box when the temporary lids and cross plate areremoved and formed with a hole approximating in size and shape theopening ordinarily closed by a round stove lid, said auxiliary lidhaving means whereby it may be adjusted to variously position the holethereof either at the approximate center of the fire box or above eitherend thereof according to where the hot area in the fire box may belocated.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, it being understood that the drawings are merelyillustrative of one example of the invention. V

Figure 1 is a lan view of my improved auxiliary stove 1i showing thesame in position on a known form of cookstove shown in partly sectionalplan view;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my improved stove lid showing theextension member thereof which in practice occupies either a position inthe plane of the lid to constitute an extension thereof, or in aposition lying on the face of the lid.

In Fig. 1 the letter A designates an ordinary stove in the top of which,over the usual fire box, is an elongated opening indithe opening isclosed by a pair of'round V cated by dotted lines B. As is well knownstove lids and an intermediate cross plate or center piece, similar tothe lids G and cross plate D.

My improved auxiliary stove lid designated generally by the numeral 10consists for themain part of a flat, elongated, preferably oblong plate,at the approximate center of which is an opening 11 correspondinggenerally with the. round openings usually closed by a stove lidalthough the opening 11 is not to be closed except as a cooking utensil(not shown) covers the same. At one end of the plate 10 I provide anextension member 12 so secured thereto as to be moved to a position inthe plane of the lid and constituting an extension thereof or lying 011said plate as indicated in full lines in Fig. 1 and in dotted lines inFig. 2. Preferably, the extension 12 is hinged along one edge of the lid10 as at 13. Thus, it will be clear that if there is a local hot area inthe fire box at the approximate center and the extension 12 be folded onthe lid 10, then said lid may be positioned to locate the opening 11directly above the central hot area. On the other hand if the hot areain the fire box be adjacent to the front or back of said fire box, theextension 12 will be swung to a position in line with the lid 10 toconstitute an extension thereof so that the lid may be then movedlengthwise to position the opening 11 over the hot area at one end ofsaid fire box, the extension 12 serving to cover the opening B at theopposite end from the hot area. Obviously, the plate 10 maybe reversedfrom the position shown in Fig. 1 which shows the extension 12 at thefront of the stove, a reversal serving to dispose the extension at therear of the stove. In order to prevent lateral displacement of the lid10 from the adjusted position I provide pins 14 or equivalentprotuberances projecting from the under side of the plate sufiicientlyto lie adjacent to the side edges of the opening B, so that the plate inbeing adjusted lengthwise relatively to said opening B will have guidedmovement and the plate be restrained against lateral displacement.

I would state in conclusion that while the illustrated exampleconstitutes a practical embodiment of my invention, I do not limitmyself strictly to the mechanical details herein illustrated, sincemanifestly the same can be considerably varied without departure fromthe spirit of the invention as de lined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. The combination with a stove having a fire box provided in its topwith an elongated opening, of a flat lid to engage the top of a fire boxand cover the elongated opening, said lid being provided with an openingfor the reception 01" a pot or the-like, depending guide elementssecured to the lid near its longitudinal edges and projecting into-theelongated opening to contact with the side walls thereof and serve asguide means for the lid when such lid is shifted longitudinally, and anextension hinged to one end of the lid and adapted to be foldedoutwardly to lie in the plane of the lidor to be folded back upon thelid, said extension serving to increase the length of the lid when it isin the horizontal position and also adapted to serve as a handle toshift the lid when in an upright position.

2. As an article of manufacture, a fiat lid -to-be arranged upon-the'topof the fire box and cover the elongated opening of the said top, saidlid being provided with an opening forthe reception of a pot or thelike, said lflSiFHlGll'i-lODQQl opening having a dimension lengthwise ofthe lid, less than the length of said elongated opening, depending guideelements on the lid and adapted to project into the elongated opening'to contact with the side walls thereof, and an extension hingedbefolded outwardly to lie in the'plane of the lid or to be folded backupon the lid,

said extension serving to increase the length of the lid when it 1s inthe horizontal position ELLA STOUT GREEN.

to one end of the lid and adapted to

